NB: as far as known, foundation dates refer to football sections of the clubs
and not necessarily to the clubs themselves
(Until 1900)
1872 Football Club Havrais [did not play football but "combinaison"; disbanded 1882]
1879 Paris FC
1882 Racing Club de France (Paris)
1883 Stade Français de Paris
1890 Paris Association FC
1891 White Rovers FC (Paris)
Standard Athletic Club (Paris) [founded as Gordon FC]
1892 Sporting Club Neuilly [founded as Cercle Athlétique]
Cercle Pedestre d'Asnières
Club Français de Paris
International Athletic Club (Paris)
Club Malherbe Caennais [merged 1913 with Club Sportif Caennais to Stade Malherbe Caennais]
FC Grenoble [merged 1997 with SC Grenoble to Grenoble Foot 38]
1893 FC Mulhouse [founded as FC Mülhausen]
1894 United Sport Club (Paris)
FC Levallois [merged 1950 with Racing Club de Colombes to Levallois SC]
Union Athlétique du 1er Arrondissement de Paris
Red Star de Paris
Stade Bordelais
Le Havre Athletic Club [founded in 1884; football section since 1894; the foundation year of 1872, as
claimed by the club itself, in fact referred to FC Havrais]
Sporting Club de Tourcoing
Union Sportive de Calais [merged 1974 with Racing Club de Calais to Calais RUFC]
Iris Club (Lille) [merged 1944 as Olympique Irish Club with SC Fivois to Olympique SC Lille]
1895 Racing Club de Roubaix
FC Lyon
Olympique de Paris
1896 Racing Club de France (Paris)
FC Dieppe
1897 Red Star Amical Club (Paris)
Burdiglia (Bordeaux)
Racing Bordelais
Jeunes Sports de Bordeaux
Sports Athlétiques Bordelais
Union Sportive d'Avranches
1898 Union Sportive de Marseille
Sporting Club de Marseille
Étoile des Deux Lacs (Paris)
Sports Athlétiques Toulousains
Union Sportive de Tourcoing
Union Sportive de Boulogne Côte d'Opale [founded as US Boulonnaise]
1899 Olympique de Marseille
FC Rouen [founded as FC Rouennais]
Club Sportif Caennais [merged 1913 with Club Malherbe Caennais to Stade Malherbe Caennais]
1900 Union Sportive Troyenne [merged 1931 with AS Sainte-Savine to AS Troyenne et Savienne]
FC Haguenau [merged 1987 with Sports Réunis Haguenau to FC Sport Réunis Haguenau]
(Main foundations 1900-1950)
1901 Stade Rennais FC
Nimes Olympique [founded as Sporting Club Nimois]
Amiens SC [founded as Amiens Athlétic Club]
FC Sète [founded as Olympique Cettois]
FC Nancy [founded as Stade Universitaire Lorrain]
Sporting Club d'Abbeville [founded as Football Abbevillois]
1902 Racing Club de Calais [merged 1974 with Union Sportive de Calais to Calais RUFC]
UA Cognac
Olympique Lyonnais [founded as Lyon Olympique as merger of Racing Club, Stade Lyonnais,
Phylegie Club and Club Sportif Lyonnais]
Olympique Sport Club de Lille Métropole [founded as Olympique Lillois]
Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC [founded as Stade Lavallois]
Union Sportive du Mans [merged 1985 with Stade Olympique du Maine to Le Mans Union Club]
Stade Béthunois FC
Union Sportive de Chantilly
1903 Monaco Sport [founded as Herculis FC de Monaco; merged 1924 with Swimming Club,
AC Riviera, Etoile de Monaco and AS Beausoleil to Association Sportive de Monaco FC]
La Berrichonne de Chateauroux
1904 OGC Nice Côte d'Azur
Olympique FC de Charleville
Pau FC [founded as Bleuets Notre-Dame de Pau]
Paris Saint-Germain FC [founded as Stade Saint-Germain]
Stade Helvétique de Marseille
1905 Association Jeunesse Auxerroise
Besançon Racing Club [founded as Racing Club Franc-Comtois de Besançon]
Stade Quimpérois
Thionville FC [founded as FC Diedenhofen]
1906 Racing Club de Lens [founded as Racing Club Lensois]
Racing Club de Strasbourg [founded as FC Neudorf]
Association Sportive de Cherbourg Football [founded as Stella de Cherbourg]
Section Athlétique Universitaire de Limoges
1909 Association Sportive de Cannes
Union Sportive de Forbach [founded as SC Forbach as merger of FC Phönix, FC Triumph and FC Hansa]
1910 Athlétic Club Ajaccien
Association Sportive Nancy-Lorraine [founded as US Frontière]
1911 Stade de Reims [founded as Société Sportive du Parc Pommery]
Stade Beziérs Sport [later merged with other clubs to Entente Sportive Bitteroise]
Clermont Foot Auvergne [founded as Stade Clermontois]
Jeunesse Athlétique Armentièroise
1912 Hyères FC
En Avant de Guingamp
Blois Foot 41 [founded as AAJ Blois]
FC Antibes Juan-les-Pins [founded as Olympique d'Antibes]
Union Sportive d'Albi
Spiel-Vereinigung Metz 1912 [merger of Metzer SpVgg, FC Metis Metz and FC Alte Herren Metz]
1913 Valenciennes FC [founded as FC de Valenciennes]
Athlétic Club Arlésien [merger of Arles Sports, Arles Auto-vélo and La Pédale joyeuse]
Association Sportive de Chatou [founded as Jeunesse Sportive de Chatou]
1917 Red Star de Limoges
UNion Sportive Alençonnaise 61 [founded as Club Sportif d'Alençon]
1919 Angers Sporting Club de l'Ouest [founded as Sporting Club de l'Ouest Angers]
Club Sportif Sedan Ardennes [founded as Union Athlétique Sedan-Torcy]
Athlétique Club Cambrésien
FC des Girondins de Bordeaux
Club Sportif Orne 1919 Amnéville-les-Thermes
Cercle Athlétique Bastiais [merged 1988 with Gallia Lucciana and AS Toga Cardo to Cercle
Athlétique Bastais Gallua Lucciana]
Union Sportive du Littoral de Dunkerque
1920 Angoulême Charente FC [founded as SC Angoulême]
FC Istres Ouest Provence [founded as Section Sportive Istréenne]
Union Sportive Orléanaise [founded as Arago Sports Orléanais]
Etoile Filante Bastiaise
Sports Réunis de Colmar [founded as Association Sportive de Colmar]
Sports Réunis de Haguenau [merged 1987 with FC Haguenau to FC Sports Réunis Haguenau]
1921 FC Martigues [founded as Sporting Club de Martigues]
1923 Olympique d'Alès [founded as Olympique Alésien as merger of Red Star, Boxing
and Club Sportif des Cheminots]
1924 Association Sportive de Monaco FC [merger of Monaco Sport, Swmming Club, AC Riviera,
Etoile de Monaco and AS Beausoleil]
Entente Sportive de Wasquehal [founded as Union Sportive de Wasquehal]
1925 Chamois Niortais FC
1926 FC Lorient-Bretagne Sud [founded as FC Lorientais]
1927 FC Annecy
1928 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard [founded as FC Sochaux]
Excelsior Athlétic Club de Roubaix [merger of FC Roubaix and EXcelsior Club de Tourcoing]
1931 Avignon Football 84 [founded as Association Sportive Avignonaise]
1932 FC Metz [merger of AS Metz and CA Messin Metz]
1933 Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne
Sporting Club du Temple Toulon
1935 Association Sportive de Porto Vecchio
1937 Toulouse FC
1940 FC Gueugnon [merger of AS Société Municipale and AS Foch]
1941 Association Sportive Aixoise
1943 FC Nantes Atlantique [founded as FC Nantes as merger of Saint-Pierre, Stade Nantais UC,
AC Batignolles, ASO Nantaise and Mellinet]
1944 Sporting Toulon Var [merger of Sporting Club du Temple and Jeunesse Sportive Toulonnaise]
1945 Club Olympique de Roubaix-Tourcoing [merger of Racing Club de Roubaix, Excelsior de Roubaix and US Tourcoing]
Union Sportive de Saint-Denis
1946 Association Sportive d'Algrange
1947 Limoges FC [merger of Red Star and Union Sportive Athléthique de Limoges]
1950 Stade Brestois 29 [merger of Armoricaine, Avenir, Milice Saint-Michel, Jeunes de Saint-Marc
and Flamme du Pilier Rouge]
Corsica List of Foundation Dates
1905 Sep Sporting Club Bastiais [or Oct]
1906 (?) Jeunesse Sportive Ajaccienne [dissolved 1920]
1907 (?) Stade Ajaccien [football section; dissolved 1912]
1908 Ecole Normale Stade Ajaccio [dissolved Aug 1914]
Union Sportive Ajaccienne [dissolved Aug 1914]
Groupe Sportif des Artilleurs Bastiais [dissolved 1912]
Groupe Sportif du 163e R.I. (Bastia) [dissolved Jun 1940]
Racing Club Bastiais [dissolved Aug 1914]
1909 May Union Sportive Cortenaise (Corte)
1910 Jan FC Ajaccio [founded as Athletic Club Ajaccienne; merged 1960 with Gazelec FC]
Mar Junior Athletic FBC Bastiais [dissolved Aug 1914]
Apr AS de la Jeunesse Bastiaise [dissolved Aug 1914]
May Union Sportive Bastiaise [dissolved Aug 1914]
Jun Jeunesse Sportive Cortenaise (Corte) [dissolved end 1921 or 1922]
Oct Stade Torpilleur Ajaccien [dissolved Aug 1914]
Dec Junior Club Cortenais (Corte) [dissolved Aug 1914]
? Gazelec FC Olympique Ajaccio
1910/11 ? Junior Club Ajaccien [dissolved Aug 1914]
Cyrnos Club Ajaccien [dissolved Aug 1914]
1911 Feb Stade Universitaire Cortenais (Corte) [dissolved Aug 1914]
Mar Sporting Club Cortenais (Corte) [dissolved Aug 1914]
Athletic Club Cortenais (Corte) [dissolved Aug 1914}
Junior Club Bastiais [dissolved Aug 1914]
Société Sportive Ouvrière Bastiaise [dissolved Aug 1914]
Stade Bastiais [dissolved Aug 1914]
Apr Stade Oympique Cortenais (Corte) [dissolved Aug 1914]
May Excelsior Club Bastiais [dissolved Aug 1914]
? Star Club (Ajaccio) [dissolved Aug 1914]
? Stade Cyrnos Ajaccien [dissolved Aug 1914]
1912 Oct? Union Cycliste Ajaccienne [football section; dissolved Aug 1914]
1913 Jan Hardward Club Bastiais [or Ardvard; dissolved Aug 1914]
Etoile Filante du Lycée de Bastia [dissolved Aug 1914]
Mar Jeunesse Catholique Bastiaise [dissolved Aug 1914]
Cyrnos Athletic (Sartène) [dissolved Apr 1913]
May Racing Club Ajaccien [dissolved Aug 1914]
Jul Sporting Club Sartenais (Sartène) [dissolved 1913]
Dec Racing Club de Biguglia [dissolved 1914]
? Amical Club Ajaccien [dissolved 1914]
? Amical Club Bastiais [dissolved 1914]
? Etoile Dorée (Bastia) [dissolved 1914]
1914 Apr FC Bastiais [dissolved Aug 1914]
1917 FC Squadra Calvi [founded as FC Calvi]
Cervioni (Cervioni)
1918 FC Borgo [founded as Borgo FC; merger of Bastia CA and Borgo FC]
SC Olympique (Ajaccio) [merged 1996 with Gazelec FC]
1920 Dec Etoile Filante Bastiais [merged 1963 with Sporting Club Bastiais]
? Football Jeunesse Etoile (Biguglia)
1921 Jan Cercle Athlétique Bastiais
Feb FC Olmeto
Mar Etoile Bleue Sartenaise (Sartène) [dissolved Sep 1939]
Jeunesse Sportive Sartenaise (Sartène) [dissolved Sep 1939]
Apr Jeunesse Sportive Bonifacienne (Bonifacio)
Jun Union Sportive de la Montagne (Zonza) [dissolved Sep 1939]
1922 Aug Cyrnos Sportif Ajaccien [dissolved 1940]
Sep Union Sportive du Cinto (Lozzi) [dissolved Sep 1939]
Dec AS de Borgo
FC de Calacuccia [dissolved Sep 1939]
1923 Jul Union Sportive Venacaise (Venaco)
Dec Oympique Bastiais [dissolved in the 1930s]
1925 Jan Olympique (Corscia) [dissolved Sep 1939]
1926 Jul Citadelle Sportif Bastiaise [dissolved Sep 1939]
1927 Jun Union Sportive Bastiaise [dissolved Sep 1939]
1928 Jan Sporting Club Ajaccien [1945 merged with Oympique Ajaccien, 1997 with GFCA]
1929 Gallia Club de Lucciana [1988-2003 merged with CA Bastia]
1930 Feb FC Ajaccien [merged with Gazélec Corse Club, then with le SCOA]
Mar AS de Porto-Vecchio
Dec Olympique Ajaccien
? Sporting Club de Bocognano
1932 Jul Union Sportive Sartenaise (Sartène) [dissolved at the end of the 1940s]
Nov Jeunesse Sportive Vivariaise (Vivario)
1933 Apr Club Athlétique Tallanais (Lucia di Tallano) [dissolved in the 1950s]
Squadra Valinco Alta Rocca Rizzanese [founded as Cercle Athlétique Propianais]
Jul Union Sportive du Fiumboro (Solaro) [dissolved Sep 1939]
Union Sportive des Salines (Ajaccio)
1936 Squadra Valinco Alta Rocca Rizzanese [founded as CA Propriano]
1937 May Union Sportive du Canton d'Omessa (Omessa) [dissolved Sep 1939]
1938 Aug Union Sportive Sollacaraise (Sollacaro) [dissolved Sep 1939]
1939 Jul Sporting Club de Saint-Florent [1983 merged with Oletta]
1940 Nov FC Bastia [dissolved in the 1950s]
1941 Jan Union Sportive de Petranera
Dauphins Club Bastiais [dissolved Sep 1943]
1942 Mar Muratoise Sportive (Murato)
Dec AS Lévianaise (Lévie) [dissolved in the 1940s]
1956 Gazélec FC (Ajaccio) [merged 1960 with FC Ajaccio]
1976 FC Balagne
1986 FC Squadra Calvi [founded as FC Calvi]
1987 AS Furiani-Agliani
1996 Gazélec FC Olympique (Ajaccio) [merger of Gazélec FC and SC Olympique]
2001 Racing Club du Centre (Morosaglia)
2017 Jul 3 FC Borgo [founded as FC Bastia-Borgo; merger of Bastia CA and Borgo FC]
2020 Football Jeunesse Etoile (Biguglia)
Women Club Foundation Dates
1902 En Avant! de Paris [refounded 1912]
1912 Jul Fémina Sport de Paris [1911 split from En Avant!]
En Avant de Paris
1915 Académia Club de Paris
1918 AS de la Seine (Paris) [founded as Cercle des Sports de Paris]
Club Féminin Français (Paris)
Olympique de Paris [merger of Olympique de Pantin and SC Vaugirard]
1919 Ecole du Haut Enseignement Commercial (Paris)
1920 Les Sportives de Reims [founded as Gallia Club Remois]
US Clodoaldienne
Ruche Sportive Féminine (Paris)
Les Sportives de Paris
AS Versaillaise
Fémina de Quevillaise (Rouen)
1921 La Stella du Raincy
192? Club Athlétique de la Société Générale de Marseille
1927 Olympique de Marseille
1957 ES Cormelle-le-Royale
1968 Vie au Grand Air de St.-Maur (St.-Maur-des-Fossés)
Association Sportive Jeunesse Soyaux (Soyaux-Charente)
Sporting Club Caluire (St.-Clair)
May Stade de Reims [founded as FCF Reims]
1970 Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon) [founded as FC Lyon]
Arago Sport Orléanais (Orléans)
FC de Rouen [dissolved 1977]
1971 FCF Juvisy Essonne (Juvisy-sur-Orge)
Paris St.-Germain FC
May 16 FF Quemperois
1972 FCF Hénin-Beaumont
1973 En Evant de Guingamp [founded as Le St.-Brieuc Sports Chaffoteaux]
1974 FC Vendenheim Alsace
Brest Bergo
1975 FC Vendenheim
COM Bagneux
1977 Association Sportive de St.-Étienne [founded as Racing Club de St.-Étienne]
USO Bruay-la-Buissière
1978 Etoile Sportive Ornaysienne de Football Vendée (La Roche-sur-Yon)
FCF Homecourt
1980 Toulouse FC [founded as Toulouse Olympique Aérospatioal Club]
1990 Montpellier Hérault SC (Villeneuve-lès-Maghuelone)
1993 Rodez Aveyron Football (Rodez)
1995 FF Nîmes Métropole Gard [founded as FC Jonquierois]
1999 FF Yzeure Allier Auvergne (Yzeure)
Source for women clubs before 1930: [Fal 17-18]
Thanks to Erik Garin for corrections
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Author: Hans Schöggl
Last updated: 12 Jan 2026
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